Hi Jan, I am seeing the marble picture with curiousity:-) Good work, I like the marble materials, the head and the "dof" or blur effect, do you have built the plants with rs V6? best wishes and good luck for the contest, I haven't enough time to build a photorealistic scene, because of my water/ice experiments... See you, best regards, Servus, Frankolino

ps: there is a red ligth atmosphere in your scene for the floor or plant pots?

frankolino:Yes, I could use many of the new features of V6 - the plants in the background were generated with the new plant tool, but the ivy was done in "ivy generator" (it's freeware - just google the name). And yes, I used a reddish light and blue illumination for the sky (so the lighten areas appear warm and the dark areas look blueish/ cold).I did some final adjustments in photoshop (color adjustments, brightness/ contrast, ...).And I drew the whole displacement map in photoshop.